UVA Returns to Palmetto Intercollegiate as Reigning Champs
Charlottesville, VA – The Virginia men’s golf team opens its spring break trip by playing at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C. at the historic Palmetto Golf Club. The tournament runs Monday and Tuesday.
Format: The 54-hole tournament features 36 holes of play on Monday and a single round Tuesday. A shotgun start gets the tournament started Monday at 8:30 a.m. The Palmetto Golf Club, which was founded in 1892, is a par-70 course with the yardage set at 6,617 yards.
UVA Lineup
Stroke Low Low
Golfer Events Rds. Avg. Rd. Tourney
Jimmie Massie (So.) 4 12 72.75 69 211
David Morgan (Fr.) 5 15 73.67 69 218
Andrew Orischak (Jr.) 5 15 72.33 68 210
Ashton Poole (Jr.) 2 6 74.83 70 217
Thomas Walsh (Sr.) 6 18 70.83 65 205
The Field (with Golfstat rankings): Akron (175), Army (232), Charleston Southern (156), Clemson (13), Francis Marion (220) Furman (115), Memphis (88), Presbyterian (199), Rhode Island (203), South Carolina (37), Temple (147), UAB (72), USC-Aiken, VCU (151), Virginia (69), William & Mary (174), Winthrop (162), Wofford (166),
UVA in the Rankings
Golfstat Golfweek
(3/6) (3/7)
Virginia 69 63
Thomas Walsh 115 73
Last Year: Virginia won the tournament by shooting even par 840. Georgia Southern was the runner-up at 849. Thomas Walsh led UVA with a third-place finish at 2-under 208. Jimmie Massie placed fifth at 1-under 209. In 2017, the Cavaliers were the runners-up at the tournament as senior Derek Bard took medalist honors.
UVA Notes: Senior All-American Thomas Walsh led UVA in scoring in all four fall tournaments. He topped off his fall with a win at the Inverness Invitational. Walsh is the reigning ACC individual champion. He competed in the Sun Bowl All-American Classic in November where he placed 14th. Walsh has shot par or better in 13 of 15 rounds this season.
Up Next: UVA will remain on the road during the school’s spring break period to compete at the Linger Longer Invitational in Greensboro, Ga. from March 15-17.